WHO WE SERVE
We provide nonprofit legal services with respect to the following:
- Public charity rules and regulations
- Private foundation rules and regulations
- Governance
- Commercial and entrepreneurial activities
- Risk management
- Fundraising counsel
- Nonprofit organizational relationships
- Charter Schools
- International philanthropy
- Annual reporting
- Social enterprise
- Contract drafting and review
- Compensation
- Presentations and trainings for boards and staff
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CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
FEATURED BLOG POSTS
- When a Fundraising Platform Fails: What the Flipcause Bankruptcy Should Teach Nonprofits
As a lawyer who works with charities and nonprofit boards, I spend much of my time talking about risk. Most leaders think about risk in terms of funding shortages, staff turnover, or regulatory audits. Few expect that the platform they use to collect donations could put their organization in financial jeopardy. That is why the
- The Voldemort Protocol Problem
Anonymity in philanthropy is not unusual. Many donors prefer privacy. Sometimes it is humility. Sometimes it is security. Sometimes it is simply temperament. But sometimes anonymity is not about the donor at all. When Anonymous Gifts Signal a Governance Failure The reporting surrounding MIT’s acceptance of funds from Jeffrey Epstein illustrates a different governance problem.
- The Pledge Is Not the Gift: What Foundation Boards Should Learn from Harvard and MIT
Foundation boards like to celebrate large pledges. They validate strategy. They signal momentum. They make annual reports look good. But the Jeffrey Epstein university scandals, documented by MIT’s own independent report and covered extensively by TIME, AP News, and others, demonstrate something boards often forget: The pledge itself can be the product. When the promise becomes leverage MIT publicly
